Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Secretary of Defense McElroy arrives at National Airport, Washington, DC ; George Washington Carver Memorial, Washington, DC ; Election Day, Hawaii statehood vote,

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Secretary of Defense McElroy arrives at National Airport, Washington, DC ; George Washington Carver Memorial, Washington, DC ; Election Day, Hawaii statehood vote, Hawaiian Islands ; Firing of Honest John missiles, Yakima Firing Center, Washington, DC

1959

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Seq: Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy arrives by plane and is greeted by officials. MSs, Secretary McElroy giving statement to newsmen. -- Seq: Brig. General B.O. Davis, Retired, presents plaque to Secretary of Defense McElroy. -- Seq: Voters entering polling places, receiving ballots, and entering voting booths. Voters leave booths and drop ballots into ballot box. MS, feet of people in voting booth. -- Night, LS, Honest John rocket is fired into night sky. Dawn shots, preparing Honest John for launching. Day, MSs, souldiers checking rocket on launching vehicle. LS, Honest John is launched. MLS, soldier pushing down plunger that fires rocket.

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McElroy, Neil H. (Neil Hosler), 1904-1972

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Business executive, Cabinet officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Neil Hosler McElroy : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131607 Neil Hosler McElroy (1904-1972), business executive and secretary of defense, was born in Berea, Ohio. He graduated from Harvard University B.A. degree in 1925. He immediately went to work as a junior clerk for the advertising department of Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio, an...

Davis, Benjamin Oliver, Sr., 1877-1970

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Benjamin Oliver Davis (1877-1970) was born in Washington, DC, to Louis and Henrietta (Stewart) Davis. He was the first African American general officer in the U.S. Armed Forces. Davis's military career began when he left his studies at Howard University in 1897 to serve in the Spanish-American War as a first lieutenant. After the war, he enlisted as a private in the 9th Cavalry in 1901. In 1905 he joined the faculty at Wilberforce University in Ohio as professor of military science and tactic...